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barbtries

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40. i find this rumor hard to believe.

Tue Dec 27, 2011, 05:06 PM

Dec 2011

j edgar hoover, yes. nixon, mmmm....i dunno.

nor, frankly, do i care. watergate was far worse.

but then again, it's not the alleged behavior: it's the HYPOCRISY.

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Forget Watergate. Did Nixon have a gay affair with a Mafia fixer? [View all] snagglepuss Dec 2011 OP

That sounds pretty far-fetched. hifiguy Dec 2011 #1

I can't imagine Nixon having sex with ANYONE . . . . no_hypocrisy Dec 2011 #4

I know, nixon was like some undersea creature... originalpckelly Dec 2011 #32

Far fetched yes but did you read the article? Rebozzo had a bedroom in the White House snagglepuss Dec 2011 #5

Egad where have we heard that lately...? MorningGlow Dec 2011 #17

uptight people can be gay Enrique Dec 2011 #15

Leading a double life, one that would utterly destroy one's life if exposed snagglepuss Dec 2011 #23

Their relationship was common gossip at the time so its not new news. DURHAM D Dec 2011 #2

I seem to remember talk of "pajama parties" comipinko Dec 2011 #6

I'd be interested to know where you read that their friendship was sexual. snagglepuss Dec 2011 #11

I can't remember where I read it. DURHAM D Dec 2011 #14

I'm not familiar with the term. snagglepuss Dec 2011 #21

Try to keep it that way. (hint: endeavor to stay out of prison) 11 Bravo Dec 2011 #49

Thnx for the heads up but being curious and mystified I ended up googling the term. snagglepuss Dec 2011 #52

Maybe that's why they called him 'Tricky Dick' edbermac Dec 2011 #3

So much back then was hidden. The only way to address cetain topics was with snagglepuss Dec 2011 #59

Don Fulsom was pretty good over the years on reporting Ichingcarpenter Dec 2011 #7

According to the Fulsom they had separate bedrooms. I had an uncle who snagglepuss Dec 2011 #9

I hated tricky Dick Ichingcarpenter Dec 2011 #13

About ten years ago, a KOS contributor, who described himself as a gay man snagglepuss Dec 2011 #20

My era as well. But don't you find it fascinating that today ... 11 Bravo Dec 2011 #43

Maybe, maybe not. Nixon would fit right in with the racist, homophobic, anti-Semitic, anti-choice NYC Liberal Dec 2011 #46

Possibly, but the establishment of the EPA, his attempt ... 11 Bravo Dec 2011 #47

He was a protegee of the Nazi banker Sen. Prescott Bush Ichingcarpenter Dec 2011 #48

A lovely picture of Hoover, Bebe, and Nixon DURHAM D Dec 2011 #19

the power hoover wielded newspeak Dec 2011 #35

... xchrom Dec 2011 #8

Make mine a double. Liberal Veteran Dec 2011 #10

Why would it matter? pintobean Dec 2011 #12

His willingness to destroy a woman's life to further his political aspirations for one thing. snagglepuss Dec 2011 #16

Nixon should be jailed immediately, then. Nt Dreamer Tatum Dec 2011 #22

Lol pintobean Dec 2011 #24

well, would it matter if there were mob connections with the murder of JFK? newspeak Dec 2011 #26

Boning Bebe...Isn't that special.....n/t Jello Biafra Dec 2011 #18

Given the Daily Mail source, I wouldn't give this MineralMan Dec 2011 #25

WTF. This is a review of Fulsom's Nixon biography. snagglepuss Dec 2011 #28

It's a bit more than that. It's actually a puff piece about the book. MineralMan Dec 2011 #30

Who on this thread says they believe everything written? AS for how long this story snagglepuss Dec 2011 #31

Nobody says that. MineralMan Dec 2011 #33

I don't care about nixon's sexcapades newspeak Dec 2011 #36

Yes, the mob connections are relevant, and have been known for a long MineralMan Dec 2011 #37

This sounds like the find of story you find when someone is trying to sell a book. n/t hughee99 Dec 2011 #27

Perhaps you care explian why Rebozzo had a bedroom and office at the White House. snagglepuss Dec 2011 #29

Well, if that's not proof of a hidden gay affair, I don't know what is. hughee99 Dec 2011 #39

Spare me the sarcasm. That is just one example. How many snagglepuss Dec 2011 #41

The fact that the president had a friend who was a mob enforcer is certainly a story hughee99 Dec 2011 #42

All I know is that Nixon still blows almost 20 years after his death. originalpckelly Dec 2011 #34

R#7 & K, for his beating Pat is worst of just about all. n/t UTUSN Dec 2011 #38

Being a closted homosexual who took his frustrations on his wife is the worst of it. snagglepuss Dec 2011 #45

Agreed, on all points. I think that what's going on with those who are dismissing the story UTUSN Dec 2011 #50

i find this rumor hard to believe. barbtries Dec 2011 #40

Why would Fulsome a professor at American University in Washington snagglepuss Dec 2011 #44

i don't know. barbtries Dec 2011 #51

I find the incredulity in this thread hard to believe. WinkyDink Dec 2011 #55

Me too however I think UTUSN post #50, nails the reason. I quote snagglepuss Dec 2011 #56

Ha! Me, too! nt valerief Dec 2011 #58

Some of us thought all this LONG ago: WinkyDink Dec 2011 #53

Thanks for posting those links to Fulsom's articles about Nixon's association to the mob snagglepuss Dec 2011 #57

True. I remember my mother dflprincess Dec 2011 #61

The very thought makes me HillWilliam Dec 2011 #54

Does this mean we now know the identity of "deep throat"? n/t zappaman Dec 2011 #60